A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c10.s2.43
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c10.s2.43
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Fig. 72 is a remarkable panel in the Lahore Museum (*Catal.*, Pl. VII, 3), probably of very early date, showing two boys of Greek appearance armed with the old Indian broadsword, as described by Megasthenes and represented in the Bharhut and Sānchī sculptures. The work is artistic and attractive, and, as Professor Gardner reminds me, recalls the Pergamene style. The old bearded man of Fig. 73 is, I think, unique. Grünwedel calls him a Brahman.